, 1887-06-30
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The n Vt IGeeiTg f the puget
Sound Zap t Association vii !r
held IN acJma.
Cleveland should follow his order
restof ng the rebel flags 10y one il
recting the return Of his pct,icoa;, ;o
jeff Davis.
Grinitbs, Bridges & Stot.on. ship
brokers here and at Port Townsend.
have received orders from parties Ii
England to charter q ship to load
wheat from Tacoma t. Europe. Mr.
Tritfiths Of this firm Is now en- route
D Liverpool, having left Tacoma sev-
aral days ago.-TGcoma Ledger
Tacoma Ncus: George ". Barlow,
lie father of Byron, CALVIN 5. and
ieorga w. Barlow, Of this city. died
Ud3eu!y in Portland last Saturday,
E apoplcxy, at the age % 10 years.
Ir. Barlow was one # tie pioneers
+ this country, coming across the
}laius Al an early day aHl settling in
he CowlitZ country.
The conviction OF the Chicago
-b0oGierz," NcGarigle and IlcDOn-
aid, is another marked triumph for
justice. The operations OF these men
Wlro as bold as they were Unscrupu
Ious. The people Of Cook county
were their victims, and the county
treasury was the purse into which
they reached Their conviction Is
due largely to the efforts of State
Attorney GTinnel!. to whom also Is
due the credit Of Convicting the An
archists.
Wm. II. Reed Of Walla Walla has
entered d formal complaint against
the Oregon Railway q Navigation
Company before the Interstate COM
meree commission. He objects to the
six-dollar wheat rate as an extortion-
ate charge, and claims tnat three dol
lars per ton would be fair rate. 1t
is intended to make this test case.
Its examination Will no doubt bring
out great deal of interesting infOr-
nation, and the country will watch
its progress with intense interest
The commission is far behind IN its
work, however, and it may be many
months before Mr.. Reeds charges
will be considered.
At the request of Francis NJ. Henry,
Of Olympia, Secretary of the Pioneer
Association of Washington Territory,
AIr. james G.. Swan of this city, has
made design for 4 seal to be used
to print badges Of ribbon to be worn
by the members of the society when
on parade The design is composed
OF an ancient cross cut saw and u
pioneers TX crossing each other in
the center OF a beaded circle. sur
rounded with the words, 'Pioneers
OF Washington" inside Of an outer
milled rim. On the saw blade is the
word ''Ankarty," meaning old tire,
ancient, the synonym OF which Is
memory. Ankarty is the antithesi5
of AK; by and by, or hereafter, the
synonym OF which IS hope. Alki Is
the territorial legend.
TIE Oregon Railway & Navigation
company elected the following direc
tors: Elijah Smith, J. H Hall,
Christopher Meyer, Charles L. Gally,
Colgate Hoyt, John n. Denison, ".
8. Ladd, G. II. Prescott, FL. w. Cor
bett, Henry Failing, VIM. III. Ladd,
C. A. Dolph and D. P. Thompson.
This IS a reelection of the old board,
with the exception OF j. n. Denison.
who takes the place of William En-
dicott, il, Of Boston, and William III.
Ladd, who takes the place of G. II.
Lewis. The action of the board in
leasing the property of the company
to the Union Pacific was ratified.
The Oregon Improvement company
re elected the old board. The issue
of S2,000G00 additional stock, Us per
circular Of the 18th inst, was author.
ized. The Northern Pacific Terminal
company reelected the old board,
with the exception OF Paul Schulze,
in place Of j. NJ. Buckley.
HORTICULTURAL MATTERS hor
ticultural display in this city on July
18th promises to be one of the promi-
nent features in tie coming cclebra-
ton. The large tent in which the
exhibition viii be held has been pur-
chased in Portland and will be ship
ped tomorrow 1t is 40x60 feet, with
an elght-foot wall and two center
poles. Tie tent will be erected the
4siIltL ljStL L VI IAli7 6GSAa oO ILt-G plcIiy
OF time may be had in which TO place
the elevated stands, tables and inter
! ior furnishings necessary for the
proper display of products. Suitable
rewards Will be offered for the best
exhibits, and 1t is hoped that all per-
sons, whether members of the society
or not, having anything IN the horti =
cultural line worthy of being seen
will place it on exhibition, that our
visitors may be astonished at the
glory of Western Washington pro-
duets. Fruit and vegetables may be
exhibited whether matured or not.
The unripe fruit can be displayed to
the best advantage upon branches.
Everything sent in for exhibit should
BE properly labeled, and should be
entered by July %. All fruit, fow-
ers and vegetables viii be we'll taken
care of during the exhibition. Plenty
of water will bo at hand. Let all
join and make this display not only
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